SAN ANTONIO — An infant found dead at an East Side recycling plant in December is still awaiting a proper burial.

Pamela Allen, a child advocate who has struggled to provide funeral services for the boy she affectionately calls Baby Noel, says her efforts have hit a snag.

Shortly after the arrest of the child's mother Nidia Alvarado, 25, on Jan. 14, who police say strangled the infant shortly after its birth, Allen hoped she would be able to obtain rights necessary to bury the child.

Allen said Alvarado did sign her rights over to Allen at a meeting at the Bexar County Jail earlier in the month.